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Popped up. Rules that b. A. R. T wants changed. Everything from workers will be allowed to call in sick one day then work over time the next. Even a rule that prohibits people from emailing saying they have to fax instead because they started out faxing years ago. Ken. Phil, i have a copy of the contract, the current contract. This is almost 300 pages. There are a lot of rules like that in here. I think the public would be surprised at some of the benefits that b. A. R. T employees already have. Benefits like that youre talking about. They have to go rule by rule almost right in this new contract . Reporter in the next couple of hours. So one side is saying forget about the rules. Well work those out later. B. A. R. T is saying no. We want changes out. And youre holding up in your hand 300 pages. Multiply that by three because there are two other unions involved. In the meantime, what is in here and the other two big contracts you are talking about is whats holding the public hostage a ....
This is what happens when a drug gang is effectively the local government. They call this a crack land. This just keeps going and going. Its amazing. There is just no fear of the police. Just smoke it right out in public. Thats tomorrow night on nightline. Thanks for watching abc news. World news now is coming up next. Right now time is running out for bart and union to strike a teal that would keep trains running tomorrow mornin morning. We are an hour away from the midnight deadline and minutes ago 81 gave bart a counter proposal. G. Good evening. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. Lets get rate to john who is in oakland where the negotiations are taking place. John . And anticipation building for whatever is going to happen tonight whether it is a settlement or a strike. Some Union Members gather here outside the caltrans building in oakland where negotiations ....
This afternoon. Bart management and the unions walked out of the building after nearly 17 hours of negotiations. Still no word on a deal. The federal mediator assured commuters trains will be running today but not comment on the progress of negotiations. At the mediators request, well be taking a recess until early this afternoon. And thats all im going to have to say at this moment. Negotiations are continuing and back at it early this afternoon. Reporter now, this is a major shift from what we saw last night. The unions were close to calling for another bart strike and said it would take a hail mary to avert it. We did see several of them walk out of this building this morning. Again, they have not commented or refused to commented on these talks. They did say they will be back here today at 1 00 this afternoon. Cate caugurian, kpix 5. Last we heard, the unions offered a counter proposal. Bart management made it clear they had no intention of changing the final numbers. And we have i ....
Point. And we think its time for the Union Leadership to let us know, to let the people of the bay area know whether theyre going to take an offer to their membership. It is the middle of october. Ac transit negotiations have been going on during the same time. There have been two offers taken to their membership but not yet in these negotiations though were months beyond the deadline. Reporter following the b. A. R. T. Board president s statement, scius executive director responded immediately. Theres a little bit of strangeness in this offer, and actually to make this offer at 4 00 and not even come to the table and say there it is, and now come out and say we want to talk about it is also very curious to us. So we believe it was b. A. R. T. s intention and the b. A. R. T. Board districts intention to make a last best and final offer and then walk away from it which is essentially what theyve done. Even though weve been talkin ....
Was some kind of shift overnight. We are standing by outside the cal trans building waiting for any new developments. Cate caugurian, kpix 5. We have some information how to get around in case there is a bart strike. You have a few options like taking the bus. Bart will run 150 free shuttles from San Francisco and back from nine east bay bart stations. Could serve about 6,000 passengers a day. Or try the carpool lane. Hov lane will be open from 5 in the morning to 7 at night. 80, 680, 880 and highways 92 and 84. You can try your luck with the ferry. There will be beefed up service in oakland, San Francisco, alameda, alameda bay and vallejo. Check out our strike Survival Guide on kpix. Com. And dont count on ac transit either. Mark kelly says they too could hit the picket line as early as thursday night. Could be out of luc ....